The past 3 months or so was spending quilting this huge queen size quilt on my domestic machine. At times it felt that this quilt will be the end of me as it was stitched during the weeks I did not know if I will find another job or not.
This is a UFO from way back in 2012 which I for some reason never wrote about. I finished the top a few years back but added another row of blocks earlier this year so that it would be big enough for our queen size bed. It is made by stacking 9 different fabrics on top of each other and slicing twice through all the layers horizontally and vertical. Then all the fabrics are swopped around and stitched back together on top of vilene using bias binding. The different blocks are then stitched together using the same method.
Half of the blocks were meandered as the fabrics is so busy, no pattern showed up good. The other half I quilted in different patterns. I however foolishly choose only one pattern which was stitched normally which meant I had to change feet and convert the machine from free motion to normal stitching every time the yellow blocks came up. A mistake I hope not to repeat ever.
Below are close ups of the different patterns I used.
Workwise I did manage to land the job I was writing about in the previous post although only for 6 months. So, it is turning out to be a stressful situation either way which is having a detrimental effect on me. I don't know which direction my life will take and the uncertainty is preventing me from quilting or machine embroidery at this stage, both hobbies which I dearly loved but just can't seem to get myself to enjoy currently. I am sick and tired of just sitting around doing nothing as this is not me under normal circumstances, but hope that the two weeks holiday coming up will rectify this situation.
